I just found out my favorite house in Brooklyn is for sale, so donations are welcome. The word compound is generally associated with a military base, or the Kennedy’s, not usually someone’s living situation in New York. And yet at 24 Middagh Street in Brooklyn Heights, a family had exactly that. This home is one of the oldest in the neighborhood, we don’t know exactly when it was built, but it was likely some time in the 1820s. The wooden home also has a small carriage house which dates to roughly the 1850s but was much smaller than it is now. Today it is a two story guest house in the back yard. It served as a garage in the 1950s until it was fully converted. In 1946, the Fitz Randolf family, who were the owners at the time, began a tradition of mailing information about the home to new owners. In 1958, that packet landed with the Wiseman family who would go on to own the home for over 60 years. In 2018, it came on the market and eventually sold. It remains one of the most charming and coveted houses in Brooklyn. It was landmarked as a part of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District on November 23rd, 1965.